October 25, 2014

Windows 8 RT

Windows Desktop (Windows 7 and 8)

What’s in the box?

Incremental little update as I’m currently on holidays :)

New racing mode: Time Trial.This is the classic WipEout Time Trial. You have to finish the laps as fast as possible and you are given one boost item per lap.Currently the leaderboard is local only but in the future I want it to be online ;)

Improved the collision detection and response of ships with road walls

Easier opponents in Sub-Digital. This one is a little trickier…The problem arise because the AI used to be way too good when playing on the easy mode, never giving you any chance to improve yourself.The AI now in Sub-Digital (and only Sub-Digital) was thus slowed down in order to give a chance for the player to keep up the fight.

July 13, 2014

Main focuses for this releases where in improving performances on low end devices and adding new weapons:

When running in DirectX 9 mode, greatly increased performances to deliver 30 fps. Note that AirMess is still running too slow on the first Surface RT, but it’s running way faster for x64 tablets and small laptops. You can still run at 60 fps and use DirectX 10+ visuals by selecting it in the options.

New weapons:

Cannon : fire a salve of 30 bullets which bounces on walls and slow down targets

Mines : drop 3 mines which stop any colliding ships

Rockets : fire 3 rockets that which bounces on walls and hit any ships in front

A shield is also available now. It protects from everything (including collision with walls) for a limited amount of time.

Next month I’m planning to work on more races, so stay tuned!
Here’s the new update in video :)